Matches, Hatches, Dispatches

A commitment ceremony, not a wedding. Yet.

Crime writer Peter Temple, who created Jack Irish, has died aged 71 after a short battle with cancer.

70s star

Statement from his family.

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Confidential is reporting that former Today show weather man Steve “Stevie” Jacobs and wife Rosie, a reporter for Sydney Weekender, have split, with the separation happening last year after they moved to Vanuatu.

Katie Boyle, Eurovision royalty, died earlier this week.

She was not known in Australia but was very well known in the UK and Eurovision fans anywhere (of a certain age) will know who she is

She hosted Eurovision a record four times… the last time being in 1974 when ABBA won the contest.

YouTube: Eurovision Song Contest

Another sad news for Eurovision fans. Lys Assia, who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, has died at age 94.

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Prison Break and Chicago Fire star Dushon Monique Brown has died at 49.

UK actor Bill Maynard, who played Claude in Heartbeat and its spin-off The Royal, has died aged 89.

Former Tasmanian Senator and Federal Minister Jocelyn Newman has died at 80 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was also the mother of former Queensland Premier Campbell Newman.

Steven Bochco, creator of Hill Street Blues, LA Law and NYPD Blue, has died at 74.

Japanese animator Isao Takahata, best known for his work Grave of the Fireflies, has died at 82. He and Hayao Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985 and produced many hits like Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away.

Double Oscar-winning director Milos Forman has died at 86. He won best director for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1976 and Amadeus in 1985.

Full Metal Jacket actor R Lee Ermey has passed away aged 74. Now drop and give him 20 in memory! :rofl: